John 1:16-17 (Amplified) says, "For out of His fullness (abundance), we have all received, all had a share and were all supplied with, one Grace after another and Spiritual Blessing upon Spiritual Blessing and favor upon favor and even Gift heaped upon Gift. For while the Law was given through Moses, Grace (unearned, undeserved favor) and Spiritual Blessings and Truth came through Jesus Christ."
Romans 8:14 (Amplified) says, "For all who are led by the Spirit of God are sons of God." 1Peter 2:2 (Amplified) tells us, "Like newborn babies you should crave (thirst after) Spiritual milk (the Word), that by it you may grow into completed salvation." James 1:5 (Amplified) says, "If any of you is deficient in Wisdom, let him ask of the Giving God, Who gives to everyone liberally and ungrudgingly, without reproach or fault finding, and it will be given him."
In John 14:11-12,17,26-27 (Amplified), Jesus said some things that the Church has either ignored or simply dismissed as being, "Not for us today" or "These were only for Jesus." Thus, Jesus says, "Believe Me that I am in the Father and the Father in Me; or else believe Me for the sake of the very works themselves. If you cannot trust Me, at least let these works that I do in My Father's Name convince you, I assure you (most solemnly I tell you), if anyone steadfastly believes in Me, he himself will be able to do the things I do; and even greater will he do than these, because I go to the Father."
Jesus tells us in Verse 17, "The Spirit of Truth, Whom the world cannot receive (welcome, take to heart), because it does not see Him or know and recognize Him, for He lives with you and will be in you." He goes on in Verses 26-27, "But the Comforter, Counselor, Intercessor, Advocate, Strengthener, Stand by, the Holy Spirit Whom the Father will send in My place, to represent Me and act on My behalf; He will teach you all things, and He will cause you to recall (will remind you of, bring to your remembrance), everything I have told you. Peace I leave with you (My Own peace I now give and bequeath to you) Not as the world gives do I give to you. Do not let your hearts be troubled, neither let them be afraid. Stop allowing yourselves to be agitated and disturbed; and do not permit yourselves to be fearful and intimidated and cowardly and unsettled."
Who directed and moved in and through Jesus? He moved by the Same Holy Spirit and the Same Father that we're supposed to be listening to and directed by. No one Jesus was in contact with, knew what He was doing or thinking. Jesus was simply led by the Holy Spirit of God. Romans 8:14 (Amplified) says, "As many as are led by the Spirit of God, are mature sons of God." We are to set our hearts on God's Word and His Spirit, until we're led by them.
The Church has mostly been led by our pastors and teachers. Although they're Gifts that the Father has sent to and for us, through Jesus, they cannot always know all the Truth the Father has and was directing through Jesus. We're directed to know and understand His will and His Word for ourselves. Your pastor cannot spend your time in the Word, nor can he/she spend time in fellowship with God for you. This is the responsibility of each child of God. If we depend only on the pastor, then we can only know and move in what the pastor knows.
The pastors are to, "Train up the child in the way that he/she should go, and when they are old (mature) they will not depart from it," according to Proverbs 22:6 (Amplified) 2Timothy 3:15-17 (Amplified) says, "And how from your childhood you have had a knowledge of and been acquainted with the sacred writings which are able to instruct you and give you the understanding for salvation which comes through faith in Christ Jesus (through the leaning if your entire human personality on God in Christ Jesus) in absolute trust and confidence in His power, Wisdom and Goodness. Every Scripture is God breathed (given by His Inspiration), and is profitable for instruction, for reproof, and conviction of sin, for correction of error, and discipline in obedience, and for training in righteousness, in holy living, in conformity to God's will in thought, purpose and action So that the man of God may be complete and proficient, well-fitted and thoroughly equipped for every good work."
This is the calling of each individual in the Body of Christ. It doesn't matter what the world thinks about the Church, it's what God thinks that counts. Remember what Jesus said about the world and the Holy Spirit, in John 14:17 (Amplified),where He said, "The world cannot receive (welcome or take to heart), because they cannot see Him or know and recognize Him, for He lives with you and will be in you." When we allow the thoughts and manners of the world to dictate our relationship with the Father, we lose all of our Super-natural ability to be of any use to them. This makes God's Word only a ritual and tradition to them.
It requires diligence on the believer's behalf, to train up our spirit to hear the Father's Voice through the Holy Spirit and His Word. There are so many things that direct our attention from hearing anything, but the world. This leaves us without ears to hear. I was a kiln operator at PPG, where the noise was overwhelming. My job depended upon my hearing the P.A. system, but I couldn't control the noise. So I had to train myself to tune out the noise of the machines and hear the P.A. system. This is what we must learn to do, concerning the noises of the world.
Let's listen to God's Word and God's Spirit. Download God's Word on your devices, so that you're continuously hearing the Word and can hear the Father when He speaks and you can recognize His Voice. Hebrews 5:11-14 (Amplified) says, "Concerning this, we have much to say which is hard to explain, since you have become dull in your Spiritual hearing and sluggish, even slothful in achieving Spiritual insight. For even though by this time you ought to be teaching others, you actually need someone to teach you over again the very first principles of God's Word. You have come to need milk, not solid food. For who continues to feed on milk is obviously inexperienced and unskillful in the doctrine of righteousness, of conformity to the Divine will in purpose, thought and action; for he is a mere infant, not able to talk yet. But solid food is for full grown men, for those whose senses and mental faculties are trained by practice to discriminate and to distinguish between what is morally good and noble and what is evil and contrary, either to Divine or human law."
The Church has allowed contrary laws, human laws to pass, by not speaking up or standing up, when these ran contrary to Divine Laws of God. The Church has remained as infants, who are not able to speak, for the most part. Many of us have been duped into not getting involved in politics, because they're not Spiritual. Nothing could be farther from the Truth though. We're to know and distinguish between what is morally good and noble and what is evil and contrary to Divine or human laws. If we're to be the light of the world, then we must shine some Light on the world.
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